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Author: Tony Dalton
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Published: 1996
Total Pages: 274
ISBN-13: 9781864480238
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis work offers an introduction to the theory and practice of social policy making in Australia. Using detailed case studies, it discusses the ideas and values used by different groups to influence the policy process. It shows how social policy is made in different organizations.
Author: Ed Carson
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2020-08-31
Total Pages: 662
ISBN-13: 1108916449
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSocial policy encompasses the study of social needs, policy development and administrative arrangements aimed at improving citizen wellbeing and redressing disadvantage. Australian Social Policy and the Human Services introduces readers to the mechanisms of policy development, implementation and evaluation. This third edition emphasises the complexity of practice, examining the links and gaps between policy development and implementation and encouraging readers to develop a critical approach to practice. The text now includes an overview of Australia's political system and has been expanded significantly to cover contemporary issues across several policy domains, including changes in labour market structure, homelessness, mental health and disability, child protection and family violence, education policy, Indigenous initiatives, conceptualisations of citizenship, and the rights of diverse groups and populations. Written in an engaging and accessible style, Australian Social Policy and the Human Services is an indispensable resource for students and practitioners alike.
Author: John Wiseman
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2020-09-28
Total Pages: 202
ISBN-13: 1000319431
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSocial policy affects everyone and is everyone's business. Even if you do not receive welfare payments, directly or indirectly you benefit from government servides and funding. Yet how are policies and programs actually developed? Can social policy help us create a more just society? This book offers an introduction to the theory and practice of social policy making in Australia. Using detailed case studies, it covers: * the ideas and values which inform the social policy process * how different groups can influence policy making * how social policy making takes place in social and political organisations * the political nature of policy making Making Social Policy in Australia is the most up to date introduction to Australian social policy currently available, and is essential reading for students and practitioners in human and community service work and government. Tony Dalton, Mary Draper and John Wiseman lecture in Social Work and Social Sciences at Rmit, Melbourne; Wendy Weeks lectures in Social Work and Social Policy at the University of Melbourne and is author (in collaboration) of Women Working Together: Lessons from feminist women's services. Each of the authors has been involved in policy debate and development for many years.
Author: ALISON & SMYTH MCCLELLAND (PAUL & MARSTON, GREG.)
Publisher:
Published: 2020
Total Pages:
ISBN-13: 9780190320539
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Joannah Luetjens
Publisher: ANU Press
Published: 2019-04-30
Total Pages: 551
ISBN-13: 1760462799
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn Australia and New Zealand, many public projects, programs and services perform well. But these cases are consistently underexposed and understudied. We cannot properly ‘see’—let alone recognise and explain—variations in government performance when media, political and academic discourses are saturated with accounts of their shortcomings and failures, but are next to silent on their achievements. Successful Public Policy: Lessons from Australia and New Zealand helps to turn that tide. It aims to reset the agenda for teaching, research and dialogue on public policy performance. This is done through a series of close-up, in-depth and carefully chosen case study accounts of the genesis and evolution of stand-out public policy achievements, across a range of sectors within Australia and New Zealand. Through these accounts, written by experts from both countries, we engage with the conceptual, methodological and theoretical challenges that have plagued extant research seeking to evaluate, explain and design successful public policy. Studies of public policy successes are rare—not just in Australia and New Zealand, but the world over. This book is embedded in a broader project exploring policy successes globally; its companion volume, Great Policy Successes (edited by Paul ‘t Hart and Mallory Compton), is published by Oxford University Press (2019).
Author: Rob Watts
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2020-08-04
Total Pages: 340
ISBN-13: 1000247570
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhen we catch a bus, visit a doctor, borrow a book from the library or enrol in a course we benefit from the social policies of government. Talking Policy explains how the myriad programs and services we take for granted are developed and delivered, and how this fits into the political process. There is a human and political aspect to social policy-making; it's not all rational solutions to measurable problems. The authors explain how issues come to be defined as social problems, and offer an account of the historical development of social policy and the welfare state in Australia. They also outline the competing political and philosophical ideas which influence the different ways in which governments respond to social inequality and needs in the community. With detailed case studies from variety of areas of social policy making, Talking Policy is a valuable introduction to this complex and important field. 'Talking Policy is an informative, insightful book that is also absorbing and challenging.' Lois Bryson, Emeritus Professor, University of Newcastle 'With a commitment to reinvigorate policy debate, the authors make a convincing case that at its heart policy-making is about competing ethical visions, that ideas count, and that words serve as tools in this political and contested activity.' Associate Professor, Carol Bacchi, University of Adelaide
Author: Alison McClelland
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 2010
Total Pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9780195562866
DOWNLOAD EBOOKGuides students in how to analyse the impacts of social policy, and how to develop and advocate for better social policy in the future. Paul Smyth, University of Melbourne, Australia.
Author: Adam Jamrozik
Publisher:
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 332
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe first book to examine social policy in the post-welfare state. It looks critically at the idea of the welfare state, analysing the changing concept of welfare and arguing that the welfare state no longer exists in Australia. The book is written in an accessible and student-friendly style.
Author: Adam Jamrozik
Publisher:
Published: 2009-01-01
Total Pages: 358
ISBN-13: 9781442501287
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSOCIAL POLICY IN THE POST-WELFARE STATE 3rd edition presents an up-to-date, in-depth discussion of recent developments in social policy in Australia. The text continues the study of social policy from a coherently formulated theoretical perspective, building arguments and discussion points using the latest census data and Australian welfare statistics. It interprets policies and related events and invites readers' critical reception. This analysis of current social policy is essential reading for any social policy student in Australia and for professionals engaged in the administration of policy and service delivery. The structure of the content makes the book suitable as a text for a semester course on social policy.
Author: Adam Graycar
Publisher: South Melbourne : Macmillan Company of Australia
Published: 1979
Total Pages: 248
ISBN-13:
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